Shloka 51

Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)

Devanagari script

सुतप्तं च तपो देवा ममाराधनकाम्यया । भोक्ष्यथास्य महासत्त्वास्तपस: फलमुत्तमम्‌

Transliteration

sutataptaṃ ca tapo devā māmārādhanakāmyayā | bhokṣyathāsya mahāsattvāstapasaḥ phalam uttamam ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：“噫，坚忍宏大的诸天！汝等为欲供奉取悦于我，遂承受严峻苦行。汝等必将享受由此苦行所生之最上果报。”

Word by Word

• सुतप्तम्: well-performed (austerity)
• सुतप्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुतप्त (सु-तप् + क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• देवाः: O gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Plural

• मम: of me, my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• आराधन: in worship/propitiation
• आराधन: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आराधन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• काम्यया: with the desire (to do), wishing
• काम्यया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम्य (काङ्क्ष्/कम् + यत्; desiderative adjective)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• भोक्ष्यथ: you (pl.) will enjoy/partake
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज्
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), Second, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अस्य: of this (austerity)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• महासत्त्वाः: O great-souled ones
• Type: Noun
• Root: महासत्त्व
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Plural

• तपसः: of austerity
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उत्तमम्: best, excellent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Devas (gods)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sincere, well-endured tapas performed with devotional intent bears a definite and elevated fruit; spiritual effort is portrayed as morally efficacious and reliably rewarded.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana reports a divine assurance addressed to the gods: because they have performed intense austerities to offer worship, they are promised the highest result of that ascetic practice.